Overview

• J&K Police deployed AI-based facial recognition units at strategic checkpoints in Kashmir to strengthen pre-yatra security.
• On June 19, the system at the Langanbal check-post flagged a suspected Over-Ground Worker who was immediately taken into custody for questioning.
• The arrested man held a prior FIR from 2005 and was working as a carpenter in Seer Hamdan when identified by the new technology.
• The annual Amarnath Yatra will commence on July 3 from the twin routes of Pahalgam and Sonamarg, with additional CRPF companies deployed to safeguard pilgrims.
• Security efforts were intensified after the April 22 Pahalgam terror strike that left 26 civilians dead.